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One of the key goals for today’s developers is how to build an app or game and get it on as many platforms in the short most cost effective way. However building rich applications targeting multiple mobile platforms and a variety of devices up to now hasn't been an easy task but with In case you haven...

Download the PDF , the Mobi , the ePub , as well as the companion content . We’re pleased to announce our free (1311-page) ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition, by Kraig Brockschmidt. Kraig began updating the first edition exactly a year ago, and when you...

With the announcement and availability of Windows 8.1 its now the perfect opportunity for game developers to build games in HTML5 WebGL for IE11. HTML5 and JavaScript are excellent starting point for Windows App developers , simply because if your game works in IE 11 then the Windows Store app...

Guest post by Henry Hoffman from Mudvark. Who are Mudvark Mudvark are an independent games studio based in Central London. Specialising in crafting award-winning games for a variety of platforms, they have self-published titles which include Mortar Mellon for Windows8 and Windows Phone 8 . Windows Phone...

Scirra have teamed up with Microsoft to launch a new Windows 8-based competition with some fantastic prizes ! Create a new game with Construct 2, or port an existing one, and successfully publish it to the Windows 8 Store by June 21st to be entered in to the competition. Allow a week for the store submission...

Huge thanks to Chris Sells , Developer Tools at Telerik who has produced some excellent Windows 8 TypeScript Templates To get started using these Windows 8 Visual Studio 2012 TypeScript templates you will first need to install the TypeScript plug-in for Visual Studio 2012 . Currently these templates...

Over the Christmas break I had a few emails asking me about TypeScript http://www.typescriptlang.org/ the JavaScript extension invented by Anders Hejlsberg. So what is TypeScript? TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that...

Last week a student at the University of York asked me about my views on typescript. So what is Typescript Typescript is a new JavaScript development environment, its been designed to help developers write more complex apps with the popular scripting language. TypeScript is free, open source and compiles...

As we announced almost a month ago, the Windows 8 consumer preview is now available to download and develop for. However, the Windows Store won’t be open for apps until Windows 8 is available for consumer release. Ubelly are offering the opportunity to get in early… Last week we on the Ubelly...

PhoneGap version 1.3 has just been announced with full support for Windows Phone We want to highlight that all the features of the popular mobile framework are supported on Windows Phone 7.5. The Microsoft Interoperability team have blogged about this here . This release extends the cross-platform capabilities...

I am pleased to announce a series of free Tech.Days Online Conferences for academic and student developers. Tech.Days online conferences simply give you access to hand-picked video content and technology training from our UK team, and the chance to get involved online, listen to speakers and ask our...

If your not really a phone app developer or if you don't have curricula aimed at a specific mobile platform, you may want to look at the opportunity of the PhoneGap libraries. So what is PhoneGap? PhoneGap is an open source mobile framework that enables developers to build applications targeting multiple...

How does one get started? Here is a four-step program: The fundamentals. If you are looking to get started with the fundamentals, you may want to start online with JavaScript Tutorial . If books are more your speed, you should definitely start with Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke which is available...